<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear QSB members,</div><div><br></div><div>QSB overwhelmed the GradSLAM! competition.  (I was removed from the judges panel because of this.  I will still go anyway.)  There are going to be some outstanding talks!  I hope to see you all there!</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div style="color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-m_-483547410443165501editor-image gmail-m_-483547410443165501OneColumnMobile" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="gmail-m_-483547410443165501mobile-hidden" height="5" valign="top" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;height:5px;line-height:1px;padding:0px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img alt="" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="1" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></td><td align="center" class="gmail-m_-483547410443165501mobile-hidden" height="5" valign="top" width="5" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;padding:0px"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="5" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gmail-m_-483547410443165501text-container gmail-m_-483547410443165501galileo-ap-content-editor" style="color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday, March 16, 2018</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,124,186);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">GradSLAM! Qualifying Rounds</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(22,29,38);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Time:</span><span style="color:rgb(22,29,38);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1:30 - 6:00pm</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(22,29,38);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Location:</span><span style="color:rgb(22,29,38);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span> </span>COB 2 - 130</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">The<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Grad</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-style:italic"><span class="gmail-il">SLAM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">! Qualifying Round is next<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday, March 16th from 1:30 - 6:00pm</span></span>in COB2-130. Faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, and the public are welcome and encouraged to attend for all or a portion of the program. Please plan to join us in support of your students and colleagues as they compete for a chance to go on to the<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Grad</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-style:italic"><span class="gmail-il">SLAM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">! Finals and a big $5000 prize! </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">For more information on<span> </span><span class="gmail-il">Grad</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-style:italic"><span class="gmail-il">SLAM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">!, please visit </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001G9sh6guoN5ymz1PntWUVKwJ7nF-WL4BeEXpbTFYbxXX0VU9wmpQuWtTBDEXJekRKNFMxFxaIlQfD9CTzGWfCY4KWkXtwo17H2suDOgdtniZfOPCTE01tM_O9yFb29p_LPjD8n_LXGP_d9VYMaK6CAsOPZslHJn_xkENPNNpLyBc=&c=9NGddwbV_VLkRzBYP1WY0WtiBkRv5POZKu4RkqldGmOTaoC-hSzozg==&ch=tIazR9mg8xetaaXx9rV3rmfM0bypky-Dmi_ZOak6PotliZp1xnkBTA==" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold">http://graduatedivision.<wbr>ucmerced.edu/gradslam</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">. </span></div></div></div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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